TE AROHA BAND OF HOPE:

Te Aroha News, Volume I, Issue 5, 7 July 1883, Page 2

TE AROHA BAND OF HOPE:

The fourth meeting of the above' society waslfeld on Monday fevenin'g'last^ih the "Wesleyan Chapel,' when about" forty I'were1 'were ■present. Mr Ilott was in the cliair. ' ' The lie v. G. T:' Marshall opened the meeting with , prayer, ; after which . the , chairman briefly referred to his being .elected as superintendent, and remarked that'h'e 1 had' not sought the post, rior'expectetl'td > have been asked to undertake it. His tim;e was not his own ? and he-might not be always, able to' aftend"" > the' meetings. 'oi^SWote *s much attention jto the ; work wish.;'l)u| 'a^f^lasjfieicoujjf^o so ho would eliaeWbur' w- Help,- 5 - carry oil, an# extend the good work, ro ably begun by others. He hoped Te Aroha wouftl speedily emerge into a large and' pfr<£B peroue business centre, and that foremost amongst its associations for good that ' its Band offiopejwould e~ver hjold af worthy place. An interesting pijbgramnie wa« then gone through by the juveniles, in the course of which the Rev. Bull from the Thames gave a very' instructive addrfrw, referring to the temperance movement at the Thames,' w!hefe*tnreeli>rH* our hundred have recently put-on4se blue ribbon. The authority for adopting this was shown" in the Bible, and he said that those who take the pledge and put it on acknowledged thereby that they look to God for strength and graco to enable them 'to keep the same. He expressed his' great gratification at ' seeing Mr Ashby, v as of • old, actively engaged in promoting the good of others. The J Rev. G. T. Marshall also gave an interesting address, particularly directing attention to the fact, which too often appears:- to be lost sight $pi, that there are two kinds of wine referred to in Scripture — fermented, and nnfermented. The one, as being simply the pure juice of the gn»pe, was approved of : the other, which producer intoxication, was strongly condemned. At the clone of the meeting several gave in their names and joined the movement. The next mooting will take place on July J6thi